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The Nicodemus enterprise. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1887-1887, 1887-09-07
THE ELOPING MINISTER
The Lecherons Parson Of GAINESVILLE =
His Paramount Arrested

NEW YORK, Aug. 27.-Inspector Byrn,, :,
detective, on cable message from Euyn.,
met the teamship Adriatic to-day upon
arrival and arrested a man and vons
charged with adultery. Tie prisoner, T.
Rev. David Seymour, of the NJ E. church =
GAINESVILLE, Waseca county, Minnesota S.
Mrs. Fannie Henry, wife of the editor of N,
GAINESVILLE Argus. The couple eloped Auar.,
1. Seymour took 800 in church monep ~
Sith the woman came to this city. ~
were pursued By Henry and his brother-in r.
The Looping couple sailed fer EurOpe ~
doubled on their trail by coming to New Yo.k
Henry had crossed the Atlantic also. "a
finding the trail doubled, he cabled bach r.
Inspector Byrnes. In the police court holk
were held to await the arrival Of Henry -
the next steamer. The erring couple wel.
four days in Liverpool before they Learned
that the irate husband was after them. Thep
at once took the first steamer back to iAir
country. The detective who made the ARES
found the runaways in the steerage.
The Nicodemus enterprise. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1887-1887, 1887-09-07

Tie London chamber Of commerce
thinks the evil Of lack Of technical
eiucaiioa has become 50 pronounced
- call earnest attention 10 il. A hill
mas been introduced into parliament
10 provide means for an extension of
technical education facilities. Tho
present means are found To be far be-
mad continental facilities. and in con-
sequence the manufacturing interests
OF the continent arc scoring advantages
IN colonial markets over Great Britain.
The Nicodemus enterprise. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1887-1887, 1887-09-07

Dir T. j. Murray. 6l Debayoice
Place. Brooklyn. y. Y says: II was
afflicted with sciatic rheumatism and
found st. Jacobs Gil very eflicacious.'
Sold by druggists and dealers every
where.
The Nicodemus enterprise. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1887-1887, 1887-09-07

!. al sufferers with such chronic ailments as
a.srI disease, dyspepsia, blood diseases. courh.
sousom ption (scrofula of the lungs, and kIn,
u " diseases should knew that Dr. Pierce's
*9'seh MEDICAL Discovery is their best
friend In such deep sfl,ction. II rornes =
soothe, alleviate aud cure VINES ~
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-21
An Old Relic.

General Colt, chief of the old war
and navy division of the pension office,
sent an interesting antique to the Po-
comtock Valley Memorial Association
of Massachusetts recently. 1t was the
commission of John Clarke as first
lieutenant in the Colonial army, and
bore the signature of John Hancock in
larger and holder hieroglyphics than
the famous signature on the Declaration
of Independence. This commission is
believed to be the first that was issued
by the Colonial Congress, being dated a
year and three days prior to the Decla-
ration of Independence. There is no
commission on file in the pension office
nor is there record of any older than
this. The large number of troops that
gathered in Boston early in the war
were recognized in the latter part of
April and early part of May, to serve
until December l, 1775. The officers
were not commissioned by the United
Colonies, but by the various colonies
separately. Very few troops were added
to these except some companies of rifle
men. In 1918 Clarke was living at Marl-
boro, Windham county, Vermont. He
removed to Deerfield, Mass, in 1919,
and died there January 10, 1929, aged
ninety. Nothing is known of Clarke's
record during the war, and it is sup
posed that he did not attain higher
rank than lieutenant.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-21
Keeping the Sabbath.

We know scores of Christians, who
with wives and children, have been led
to Sunday railway trip to a camp.
meeting or rural church gathering, and
who have desisted in horror from a
second offence of the kind. They tes-
tify that the first approach to the depot
made them forget it was Gods day.
The crowd, the secular conversation,
the merry hilarity, the scream and rush
of the train, the heat and dust, the pic
mic Sunday dinner, the tired, cross chill
dren, and the weary ride home were
elements that banished all conscious
ness of worshipful, restful, dutiful
Sabbath. During all the coming week
there was no consciousness of a pre-
ceding holy day that flavors the work
full term of the industrious Christian.
Worse than all, the children, after re-
covering from the fatiguing memory of
that last Sunday, pleaded for another
Sunday ride, as being more pleasurable
and fuller of fun than humdrum home
worship. There can be little doubt that
some Christian homes unconsciously
thus educate a generation of native
born Sabbath-breakers In this sense
" Ten thousand foes arise to draw us
from the skies. "-NorthWeStern Chris
tan AdcOcdte.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-21
The Discipline of Denial,

The discipline of denial is hard, yet
needful for the Lords own. We some
times see a dear child of God whose
lot is peculiarly one of denial all
through, or there are certain features
about it which make the denials stand
out in bold relief. We see husband
and wife, it may be, with plenty of the
good things of this life but with no
" olive plants" around their table.
Hearts that are susceptible of the keen
est happiness are disciplined by being
in the providence of God cut off from
the common joys of home. Then sick
ness and trial come to attest the souls
preciousness in Gods sight. &C For
whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth.n
Or again, there is hedge of circum-
stances that none can appreciate but
the one hedged in. You want to reach
out beyond the barrier, to be independ-
ent of certain controlling but uncon-
genial restraints. You think there
would be no gap, no void made by your
departure, yet you have no call to 90.
Doors do not open, roads are walled in.
Is this your case, dear friend? All |
can say is, "Take it to the Lord in
prayer" He knows. He orders. He
alone can break down the walls and
open out your way. And if he should
not do it be sure he has the best of
reasons for the discipline of denial.
Here is word for you and for me, a
word that will come surely true: " De-
light thyself in the Lord and he shall
give thee the desires of thy hearth
For if the Lord is thy delight, thou
canst not fail of having thy hearts
desires fulfilled, seeing they all center
in God. There will be no disappoint-
ment, no denial. May the Spirit of the
Lord give to you and to me this de-
light. 1t is a strong word, and it
stands for more than heart can tell. O
much denied, take comfort in the
promise, A." He shall give thee the de-
sires of thy heart" for when those de-
sires are purified and elevated by be-
ing " in the Lord" they are sure to be
met by the fulflling.-Christian Weekly.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-21
Moral ano Religious.
The City of the Living.

In long-vanished age, whose varied story
No record has to-day,
SO long ago expired its grief and glory,
There hourished far away,
In broad realm whose beauty passed all measure
city far and wide
Wherein the jewellers lived in peace and pleasure
And never any died.
Disease and pain and death, those stern marauders
Which mar our worlds fair face,
Never encroached upon the pleasant borders
OF that bright dwelling place.
And hurrying from the worlds remotest quarters
A tide of pilgrims flowed
Across broad plains and over mighty waters
To find that blest abode.
And so they lived, in happiness and pleasure,
And grew in power and pride;
And did great deeds, and laid up store of treasure
And never any died
And many years rolled on and saw them striving
with undated breath;
And other years still found and left them living
And gave no hope of death.
Yet, listen, hapess soul, whom angels pity,
Craving boom like this
Mark how the jewellers in the wondrous city
Grew weary of their bliss
One and another who had been concealing
The pain of lifes long thrall
Forsook their pleasant places and came stealing
outside the city wall.
Daily the current of Restocking mortas
Swelled to a broader tide,
TIL none were left within the city's portals,
And graves grew green outside.
Would it be worth the having or the giving
The boon of endless breath?
A hp NVaar hat o ig,,t,,a
There is no cure but death
Ours were indeed fate deserving pity
We're that sweet rest denied,
And few, methinks, would care to find the city
Where never any died. -lSelected.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-21
Giving Joy to a Child.

Blessed be the hand that prepares a
pleasure for child, for there is no say
ing when and where it may again
bloom forth. Does not almost every
body remember some kind-hearted man
who showed him kindness in his child
hood? The writer of this recollects
himself as a barefooted lad, standing at
the wooden fence of poor little gar
den in his native village, while with
longing eyes he gazed on the flowers
which were blooming there quietly in
the brightness of a Sunday morning.
The possessor came forth from his lit
tie cottage; he was a woodcutter by
trade and spent the whole week in the
woods. He had come into the garden
to gather flowers to put in his coat
when he went to church. He saw the
boy, and breaking off the most beauti-
full of his carnations, he gave it to him.
Neither the giver nor the receiver spoke
a word, and with bounding steps the
boy ran home. The carnation has long
since withered, but now it blooms
afresh.-DouglaS JerroM.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-21
Take Life i'm Earnest.

| meet with great many persons in
the course of the year, and with many
whom l admire and like; but what
feel daily more and more to need, as
life every year rises more and more
before me in its true reality, is to have
intercourse with those who take life in
earnest. 1t is very painful to me to be
always on the surface of things; and
feel that literature, science, politics,
and many topics of far greater interest
than mere gossip or talking about the
weather, are yet, as they are generally
talked about, still upon the surface
they do not touch the real depth of
life. 1t is not that l want much of
what is called religious conversation
that, / believe, is often on the surface,
like other conversation; but l want a
sign which one catches as by a sort of
intuition, that man knows what he is
about in life, whittier tending, in what
cause engaged: and, when l find this,
it seems to open my heart as thoroughly
and with as fresh sympathy as when
L was twenty years younger.-Dr.
Arnold
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-21
Prayer.

In reply to the question, What
place has prayer for temporal blessings
in your system of natural law in the
spiritual world?" Professor Drum
mond, as reported, said, in one of his
talks at Lakeview last month " A large,
splendidly equipped steamship sailed
out from Liverpool for New York.
Among the passengers were little boy
and girl who were playing about the
deck, when the boy lost his ball over
board. He Immediately ran to the cap
tain, and shouted, Stop the ship, my
ball is overheard? The captain smiled
pleasantly, but said, 'Oh, no, my boy;
cannot stop the ship, with all these
people, just to get rubber ball. The
boy went away grumbling and confded
to the little girl that it was his opinion
the captain didn't stop the ship because
he couldn't. He believed the ship was
wound up some way in Liverpool, and
she just had to run, day and night, I'M
til she ran down. A day or so after
ward, the children were playing on deck
again, when the little girl dropped her
doll down into the engine-room, and
she supposed it, too, had gone over
board. She said, Phi run and ask the
captain to stop the ship, and get my
dolly It's no use,' said the boy, he
cannot do anything; I've tried him..
But the little girl ran on to the captain
with her story and appeal. The captain
came and peeked down into the engine
room, and seeing the doll, said, Just
wait here minute And, while the
ship went right on, he ran down the
stairway and brought up the little girls
doll, to her delight, and to the boys
amazement The next day the cry
rang out, Man overboardl' and i'm
mediately the bell rang in the engine
room, by orders from the lever in the
hands of the captain, the great ship
stood still until boats were lowered
and the life rescued. Then she steamed
on, until she reached her wharf in New
York. AS soon as the ship was tied up,
the captain went up town and bought
the boy better ball than the one
he had lost. Now said the profess
sor, each of the three prayers was
answered. The little girl received her
request without stopping the ship; the
little boy by little waiting received
his also; and yet, for sufficient reason,
the ship was stopped by part of the
machinery itself, not an afterthought,
but something put into the ship when
it was made.'"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-21

these things that are under his eve and
hand. Their explanation is to be
found only in God: Hath the rain a
father? Or who hath begotten the drops
of dew9" Take, then, this other and
nearer mystery to God, and there leave
it. Thus Job is led up to the great act
and state of trust. He did not know
and could not find out why he suffered;
he had done nothing to deserve it;
there was no chain of cause and effect;
the elements and foreign enemies had
smitten him-not his own sins. And
so he is sent on blind search after the
reason. The tendency was twofold; to
atheize him, to lead him to curse God
and die, and so end his grooming mis-
cry; or to follow the better clue till he
could see God as with his eye, and at
last could say: "Though he slay me,
yet will | wait for him. l know that
my Redeemer, my vindicator, liveth.
Here upon this dust-heap where l sit,
exiled from the city, while my very
skin and flesh fall away from me, /
shall see God for myself, not through
your eyes, but mine own" When a
man can reach a confidence like this,
and in such a way; when he has thus
learned to put the perplexity and hard
ness and bitterness of life on one side
and God on the other as the sure solv-
ent and cure, he has come very near
to God. He no longer cries, ooh,
that l knew where l might find himl"
Instead he says, "Now mine eyes
seeth thee" Thus he becomes hum
BILE and docile, ready to hear the vindi-
cation that is pressed in upon him by
MlLnner.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-21

A BLOODY ARRAY is often the result
of " bad blood" in family or commu-
nifty, but nowhere is bad blood more
destructive of happiness and health
than in the human system. When the
life current is foul and sluggish with
impurities, and is slowly distributing
its poisons to every part of the body,
the peril to health, and life even, is
imminent. Early symptoms are dull
and drowsy feelings, severe headaches
coated tongue, poor appetite, indiges-
ton and general lassitude. Delay in
treatment may entail the most serious
consequences. Don't let disease get a
strong hold on your constitution, bit
treat yourself by using DIR. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery, and be re-
stored to the blessings of health. All
druggists.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-21
GE0RGE W. BgzzELL's ESTATE.


In Probate Court, held at Montpelier, in and for
said District on the I'd day of September, A. D. 1887
Z. II. Clough, Administrators de bOHis non of the es-
tate Of George Buzzell late of Waterbury, in said
District, deceased makes application to said Court
for license to sell all of the real of said de-
ceased situated In Waterbury, in said District, to
wit; Home place, saw-nill property, Huse land, so
called, mountain land, so called except the widows
right of dover therein, but including the homestead
and reversion of said dover representing that the
sale thereof, except said homestead is necessary
Tor the payment of the debts of said deceased and
the charges of administration of his estate and that
the sale of such homestead would be beneficial to
the widow aud minor child of said deceased. Where
upon II Is ordered by said Court that said application
be referred toa session thereof to be held at the Pro
TENDER A. ID. 1881 for hearing and decision thereon
anu ~ further ordered that all persons interested
application and order thereon three weeks success
newspaper published at Montpelier, In this state,
and which circulates in the neighb0rhood Of those
Interested, before said time of hearing that they
may appear at said time and place. and II they see
cause, object thereto,
BY the Court.-Attest,
2l-@ HIRAM CARLETON, Judge
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-21

A WoMAN's SWEET WILL.-She is
prematurely deprived of her charms OF
face and form and made unattractive by
the wasting effects of ailments and ir.
Irregularities peculiar to her sex. TIC
check this drain upon not only hel
strength and health, but upon her ami
able qualities as well, it is her first duty
This is safely and speedily accom-.
plished by course of self-treatment
with DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
a nervine and tonic of wonderful eff
cacy and prepared especially for the
alienation of those suffering from
"dragging-down pains, sensations Of
nausea and weakness incident tC
women-a boon to her sex. Sold by
druggists.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-21
2---Scattered PrOyerb.

A word taken from each of the fol-
lowing sentences will form proverb:
/ If you'd have help, this motto heed
Always help man in need.
2-If you would have your work well
done, do it yourself.
3-Be good and you will be happy.
4-Heaven is near to those who serve
their Maker.
8 If a woman wills, she will, and you may
depend ont;
If she won't, she won't, and there's an end
ont.
6-Help the deserving poor.
You cannot gather fruit from a
corrupt tree. j. O. II. n.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-21
D. II. PATTERSON, commissiO
TOsEPH WARREN HAsKINs' WILL.

- STATE OF VERMONT, Washington district S.
In Probate Court, held at Montpelier in and for
said District ON the 9Th day of September A d. 1887
"A copy Of an Instrument purporting to be the last
VIII and Testament of Joseph Warren Haskins. late
wealth of Massachusetts,, deceased and of the pro-
bate thereof by the Probate Court within and for
said County of Suffolk, duly authenticated, Is pre-
scented to the Court TO be allowed in the State of
Vermont as the last will and testament of said de.
ceased. whereupon, it is ordered by the Court that
all persons concerned therein be notified to appear
at session of said Court to be held at the Probate
ONCE in Montpelier on the It'll day of October,
A d. lSsl, and show cause, IL any they may have,
against the allowance of said copy as such last
Will and testament; for which purpose 1t
is further ordered that notice of this order be
published three weeks successfully In the Vermont
WdtchnaR d state Journal, newspaper published at
Montpelier aforesaid, previous to said time appointed
for hearing. by the Court.-Attest,
22-24 HIRAM CARLETON, Judge
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-21

AFTER twenty-six years Governor
Richardson of South Carolina is about
to obey joint resolution of the legis-
lature of 1861, which was endorsed and
renewed by the Legislature of 1886, to
present a gold medal as a gift of the
state to General n. G. Evans of the
confederate army, for conspicuous gall
lantry at Leesburg, Va, in 1861. This
is the only testimonial presented by the
state to a soldier in the late war. 1t
will cost $780,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-21
CQUIRE BAILEY's ESTATE.

y bIAIEOF VERMONT, washington District, IS.
In Probate Court held at Montpelier in said Dis
trict, on the 9Th day of September. A. d. 1887.
William White Administrator of the estate of
Squire Bailey, late of East Montpelier in said Dis
trict, deceased makes application to said Court to
extend the time heretofore allowed him to pay the
debts due from said estate and to render his admin
istration account until some future day. Where
upon, it is ordered by said Court that said applica
ton be heard at the Probate Office in said Mont
pelier on the 3Oth day of September A. d. 1857: And
II Is further ordered, that notice thereof be given
all persons interested, by publication of notice of
said order three weeks successfully in the Vermont
Waterman and State journal, a newspaper published
at Montpelier; previous to said time appointed for
hearing. BY the Court.-Attest
2l23 HIRAM CARLETON, Judge.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-21
The Only Solution.

There is but one place where the in
solvable question of life can be left-at
the feet of God; rational thing to do,
for he who is over and in all things
must have in himself the explanation
of all things. This is the argument in
the Book of job. God turns his mind
to the natural world--to the stars, to
the rain and lightning, to the brutes,
and confounds him by the mystery in
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-21
pu33le Corner.
1...Charnde.

Our Fan came storming home from school
with many pout and frown;
Her FIRST upon the grassy lawn
She angrily threw down.
last that CHANGED TO cross her path
She crushed with angry tread;
Pm not like you" she fiercey cried,
For all the teacher said"
What did the teacher say2" asked
A blush suffused her brow
She said was whoie," she cried,
Say auntie, am nowl"
had to laugh hearty laugh
Ere my Fan could tell
" The teacher complimented you
Because you study we'll" JOAN D'ARC.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-21

VIGoR and vitality are quickly given
to every part of the body by Hoods
Sarsaparilla. That tired feeling is en-
tirely overcome. The blood is purified,
enriched and vitalized, and carries
health instead of disease to every or
gan. The stomach is toned and
strengthened, the appetite restored.
The Kidneys and liver are reused and
invigorated. The brain is refreshed,
the mind made clear and ready for
work. Try it.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-21
Eeaal Notites.
SUMNER PUTNAM,S ESTATE.

RSIAIE OFF VERMONT, washington District, s.
In Probate Court held at Montpelier in and fol
said District on the 9Th day of September A d. 1887
An instrument purporting to be the last VIII and
Testament of Sumner Putnam, late of Montpelier
In said District deceased being presented to the
Court for Probate: 1t is ordered by said Court that
all persons concerned therein be notified to appear al
session of said Court to he held at the Probate
Ohice, in Montpelier. on the LIST day of October
A. d. 1887, and show cause, if any they may have
against the Probate of said will for which purpose
1t Is further ordered that notice of this order be
published three weeks successfully in the Vermont
Wdtchmdn d STATE J0urBdi printed at Montpelier
previous to said time appointed for hearing
2l.23 HIRAM CARLETON. Judge.
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II Nj, SHOWS ESTATE.

u. COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
The undersigned, having been appointed by the
Honorable Probate Court for the District of Wash
ington Commissioners to receive, examine and ad.
Just all claims and demands of all persons against
the estate of Il. NJ. Snow, late of Marshfield,
in said District deceased and all claims exhibited in
offset thereto hereby give notice that will meet
for the purposes aforesaid at the residence of
Mrs. Emily Snow, in said town, on the 18th day of
November and 18th day of February next, from one
O'Clock p. NJ. until four o'clock +. NJ each of said
days, and that six months from the 18th day of
August, A. ID. 1887, Is the time limited by said Court
for said creditors to present their claims to for
examination and allowance.
Dated at Marshfed this It'll day of September,
A. ID, 1887.
oo, CIV II; DWINELL. Commissioners
22.2i IRA BULLOCK, commissioners